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Juba, September 10, 2019 (SSNA) — The President of South Sudan Sava Kiir has canceled his meeting with the SPLM-IO leader Dr. Riek Machar on the second day, pushing their final face-to-face meeting to Wednesday. Machar came to Juba yesterday after Kiir agreed to meet with him to discuss peace implementation. Kiir and Machar are…

Khartoum, September 8, 2019 (SSNA) — The leader of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Army-In Opposition (SPLM/A-IO) Dr. Riek Machar will go to Juba tomorrow to have a face-to-face meeting with South Sudan’s President, Salva Kiir. The news comes three days after the East African regional bloc, IGAD, announced on Friday that Kiir agreed to meet…

Juba, September 6, 2019 (SSNA) — A court case involving South Sudan’s soldiers who raped and tortured aid workers and who also killed a local journalist in 2016 is threatened after a case file went missing from President Salva Kiir’s office, Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, and Legal Action Worldwide said. On July 11, 2016,…

Juba, September 5, 2019 (SSNA) — South Sudan’s President, Salva Kiir, said on Thursday that people must embrace peace and suggest that South Sudanese should only talk about the message of peace, not war. The message comes as the deputy chairman of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Army-In Opposition (SPLM/A-IO) Henry Odwar warned that the young…

Juba, August 26, 2019 (SSNA) — A South Sudanese journalist Michael Christopher has been freed after spending nearly six weeks in detention at the national security service headquarters. Michael, who is the editor-in-chief of the Arabic-language al-Watan newspaper said he was held for 39 days without any charge and that the authorities released him because…

Juba, August 23, 2019 (SSNA) — South Sudanese government officials have and are still bribing former and current Gambella regional government officials to get their messages implemented or get special treatment from the regional government, a high-ranking South Sudan’s government official who agreed to speak to the South Sudan News Agency (SSNA) on condition of…

Juba/Addis Ababa, August 20, 2019 (SSNA) — South Sudan’s President, Salva Kiir, has refused to participate in Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD)-mediated peace talks slated to start tomorrow in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa, a confidential source who has a full knowledge of the matter told the South Sudan News Agency (SSNA). The source, who…

Juba, August 19, 2019 (SSNA) — The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) has denied a report by the South Sudan News Agency (SSNA) that the East African regional bloc will not resolve South Sudan civil war peacefull because of Ugandan double-dealing in the war-wracked young nation. Today (on Monday), IGAD Secretariat released a press statement…

Juba, August 19, 2019 (SSNA) — A United Nations expert on South Sudan said South Sudan’s president, Salva Kiir, is simply being used to prolong the civil war, not the resolve the crisis. Klem Ryan, an expert at the UN panel of experts on South Sudan, wrote a tweet on Sunday, describing Salva Kiir as…

THE UNITED DEMOCRATIC REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENT/ARMY (UDRM/A) OFFICE OF THE CHAIRMAN AND COMMANDER IN CHIEF August 17, 2019 Ref: UDRM/A/PR3/2019 By Gatwech Koang Thiech Zuor, PhD “Our problem is that people all over the world have obeyed the dictates of leaders. Millions have been killed because of this obedience. Our problem is that people are obedient…

Addis Ababa, August 16, 2019 (SSNA) — South Sudan civil war will never be resolved peacefully if the East African regional bloc, IGAD, stands idly while Uganda wage a double standard role in the war-wracked young nation, an IGAD secretariat internal memo leaked to the South Sudan News Agency (SSNA) shows. The documented dated August…

Juba, August 2, 2019 (SSNA) — The government of South Sudan is prepared not to abide by the November 2019 dateline to execute the September 2018 peace deal, a high-ranking government official who has full knowledge of the matter and demands anonymity for fear of reprisal told the South Sudan News Agency (SSNA) on Friday…

By Hon. Deng Vanang, UDRM’s Secretary-General Monday 5th– Sunday 11th August 2019 Juba, August 2, 2019 (SSNA) — Reeling under systemic tribalism, endemic corruption and chronic civil wars, South Sudan the world and Africa’s newest independent nation has found itself in a death kneel’s dilemma out of which several political parties have tried their fairs…

Juba, July 28, 2019 (SSNA) — Many government officials are being bribed by former petroleum minister Ezekiel Lol Gatkuoth to prevent anyone from facing justice after the government accused him of massive corruption, a senior government official told the South Sudan News Agency (SSNA) in an exclusive interview on Sunday. The official, who agreed to…

Juba, July 24, 2019 (SSNA) — Heavy fighting broke out between the government and the National Salvation Front (NAS) in Jubek State’s Lobonok county, a statement released by the NAS has shown. Lobonok is located 100 kilometers (62 miles) from the capital, Juba. In the document, the NAS says government troops launched a surprised attack…

Addis Ababa, July 21, 2019 (SSNA) — The chairman of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Army-In Opposition (SPLM/A-IO) Dr. Riek Machar has arrived in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa today, a senior armed opposition official who has full of the trip and asked his name not be published because he was not authorized to talk to…